US EditionA Brief Rundown of the ‘El Chavo Del 8’ Cast
Saturday Night Live connected Latino culture with U.S. audiences by featuring Bad Bunny as Quico in a parody celebrating the classic sitcom El Chavo del Ocho.
- On Saturday, Saturday Night Live's Season 51 premiere featured Puerto Rican Bad Bunny hosting and paying homage to the Televisa sitcom El Chavo del Ocho, with Bad Bunny as Quico and Marcello Hernández as El Chavo.
- Roberto Gómez Bolaños created and starred in the original Chespirito sketches that became the 1970s comedy series El Chavo del Ocho, which grew into a Latine staple with more than 300 episodes.
- Bad Bunny led the sketch as Quico, with Marcello Hernández as El Chavo, Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman, Andrew Dismukes and Kenan Thompson filling other roles, while John Hamm cameoed as Profesor Jirafales.
- The homage aired on Saturday and observers said it captured the essence of the original characters, bringing El Chavo del Ocho to American audiences in English during the Season 51 premiere.
- Available on streaming, the series remains on Televisa-Univision's Vix, with SNL translating names like El Señor Barriga to Mr. Stomach and omitting Doña Clotilde.
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